tame 
(tām)
(tām)adj. tam·er, tam·est
1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame birthday party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.
tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames
1. To make tame; domesticate: tame a wild horse.
2. To subdue or curb: tamed his explosive anger.
3. To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state: needed some gel to tame his hair.
[Middle English, from Old English tam; see demə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
tama·ble, tamea·ble adj.
tamely adv.
tameness n.
tamer n.
- hold horses
- holding
- holding company
- holding pattern
- hold/keep (one's) end up
- hold off
- hold on
- hold one's end up
- hold (one's) horses
- hold one's horses
- hold (one's) own
- hold one's own
- hold one's peace
- hold one's tongue
- hold out
- holdout
- hold out on
- hold out on (someone)
- hold out on someone
- hold over
- holdover
- hold own
- hold peace
- hold (someone's) feet to the fire
- hold someone's feet to the fire